2-Butenal

• Formula: C₄H₆O
• Molecular weight: 70.0898
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6O/c1-2-3-4-5/h2-4H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: MLUCVPSAIODCQM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 4170-30-3
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• Stereoisomers:
  • 2-Butenal, (E)-
  • 2-Butenal, (Z)-
• Other names: Crotonaldehyde; Crotonal; Crotonic aldehyde; Crotylaldehyde; β-Methylacrolein; Propylene aldehyde; Krotonaldehyd; Rcra waste number U053; UN 1143; But-2-enal; 1-Formylpropene; 2-Butenaldehyde; NSC 56354
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C₄H₅O^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₅O^- + H⁺ = C₄H₆O

(CAS Reg. No. 64724-02-3 • 4294967295) +  = CAS Reg. No. 64724-02-3

By formula: (CAS Reg. No. 64724-02-3 • 4294967295C₄H₆O) + C₄H₆O = CAS Reg. No. 64724-02-3

 +  =

By formula: H₂ + C₄H₆O = C₄H₈O

 +  =  + 2

By formula: C₆H₁₂O₂ + H₂O = C₄H₆O + 2CH₄O

References

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Van-chin-syan, Kochubei, et al., 1996
Van-chin-syan, Yu.Ya.; Kochubei, V.V.; Sergeev, V.V.; Raevskii, Yu.A.; Gerasimchuk, S.I.; Kotovich, Kh.Z., Thermodynamic properties of some acids and aldehydes of the acrylic series, Sov. J. Chem. Phys. (Engl. Transl.), 1996, 70, 1789-1794, In original 1932. [all data]

Tjebbes, 1960
Tjebbes, J., Heats of combustion of butannal and some related compounds, Acta Chem. Scand., 1960, 14, 180-188. [all data]

Dolliver, Gresham, et al., 1938
Dolliver, M.A.; Gresham, T.L.; Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Smith, E.A.; Vaughan, W.E., Heats of organic reactions. VI. Heats of hydrogenation of some oxygen-containing compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1938, 60, 440-450. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Bartmess and Kiplinger, 1986
Bartmess, J.E.; Kiplinger, J.P., 'Kinetic' vs. thermodynamic acidities of enones in the gas phase, J. Org. Chem., 1986, 51, 2173. [all data]

Alconcel, Deyerl, et al., 2001
Alconcel, L.S.; Deyerl, H.J.; Continetti, R.E., Effects of alkyl substitution on the energetics of enolate anions and radicals, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 50, 12675-12681, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0120431 . [all data]

Zimmerman, Reed, et al., 1977
Zimmerman, A.H.; Reed, K.J.; Brauman, J.I., Photodetachment of electrons from enolate anions. Gas phase electron affinities of enolate radicals, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 7203. [all data]

Wiberg, Morgan, et al., 1994
Wiberg, K.B.; Morgan, K.M.; Maltz, H., Thermochemistry of carbonyl reactions. 6. A study of hydration equilibria, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 11067-11077. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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